No Credible Proof, Says Malaysian Home Minister

There is no credible proof supporting a report that fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, is in China or using an Australian passport, according to Malaysia’s Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. 

He even maintained that the news about Low’s location and the passport he allegedly used is not backed by credible evidence or facts. 

“The Home Ministry, through the police, are cooperating closely and continuously with our foreign counterparts and international authorities to track down Low. So far, the report alleging where he is and the passport he is supposedly using is not supported by credible proof. It remains only a report by the portal”, he asserted yesterday. 😦😦😦

Hmm, is he insinuating that it was all a piece of fiction manufactured by Brazen?!

Saifuddin (left) was commenting on a report by investigative outlet which claimed that Low is reportedly living in China using a forged Australian passport under a Greek alias. 

The publication, co-founded by former Wall Street Journal reporters Bradley Hope and Tom Wright, claims Low is residing in a luxury neighborhood in Shanghai, under the name “Constantinos Achilles Veis” on the fraudulent passport. 

And in response to the said account, Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) issued a statement warning that passport fraud is a serious offence under Australian law. 

World No. 3 Pearly Tan-Thinaah Muralitharan continued their strong form at the China Open with a commanding 21-17, 21-13 win over Japan's Rui Hirokami-Sayaka Hobara in the women's doubles second round on Thursday. 

The Malaysian pair barely put a foot wrong as they booked their spot in the quarter-finals, maintaining the momentum built from last week's run to the Japan Open final. It was a breakthrough of sorts for the Malaysian pair, finally clearing the second-round hurdle that had tripped them up in the last two editions.